Tonight's BIFF feature at mac Birmingham is the incredible one-woman show One Drop of Love on racial identity, class, justice and love.
Writer and performer Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni has flown in from LA for Directors Q&A
Films start at 7pm. Book Tickets here http://bit.ly/BIFFOCT24
Proclamation Punctuation - BIFF 2017
Catch the fabulous Fashion Film Proclamation Punctuation tonight as part of BIFF 2017 at mac Birmingham
Get Tickets here http://bit.ly/BIFFOCT24
Nkosi Coiffure - BIFF2017
Join us for Nkosi Coiffure - short film by Frederike Migom tonight - part of an awesome night of Film from 7pm at mac Birmingham #BIFF17
http://bit.ly/BIFFOCT24
Watch 1745 - A Short Film tonight - part of an amazing night of Film from 7pm at mac Birmingham #BIFF17
http://bit.ly/BIFFOCT24
See you Yesterday
We are days away from BIFF2017 and we couldn't be more excited! We have 5 days of film awesomeness to share with you across Birmingham. There's still time to get your tickets and join us!
One of the films available is See You Yesterday...Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas - determined to outwit fate and role-play as God - build make-shift time machines to save CJ's brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer!
The full film will be screened on Wednesday 25th October as part of the 'no visa required' schedule all taking place mac Birmingham
Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-no-visa-required
See You Yesterday
C'est Moi
What are you doing next Thursday? Are you joining #Biff2017 for the screening of C'est Moi ? If you're not get your tickets today!
Set in modern day Montréal C'est Moi explores the collision of the past as it meets the present in the forgotten story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique, a figure of Black Canadian History and her efforts to fight against slavery in 18th Century New France. How much of our past is erased in the restoration of history?
This is just one of the films on offer on Thursday 26 October as part of the Black International Film Festival.
Time: 18:30 (150 Minutes)
Venue: The Mockingbird Cinema and Kitchen - The Mockingbird
Ticket price: £9.00
Find out more here: https://ticketing.eu.veezi.com/purchase/971?siteToken=etrhh0m2xpra010jp0khfs56mw
noma
Have you got your tickets for our MATINEE SCREENINGS called 'No Visa Required'...
A collection of stateside shorts by up and coming US filmmakers including sci-fi smash See You Yesterday, college drama Blake’s World, moral dilemma To Those With Good Intent and segregation in Rolling In The Deep.
Also featuring noma (forgiving apartheid), which documents London-based award-winning actress Noma Dumwenzi adapting to a film role that reconnects her to her South African past. Watch the trailer to see what's on offer at this event...
When: Wednesday 25th October
Time: Matinee - 2pm
Where: Mac Birmingham
Book your tickets at: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-no-visa-required
Blake's World
#ThursdayThoughts - less than two weeks until #BIFF2017 and tickets are selling out fast!
Watch the trailer below from one of our short films: Blake's World, based on a true story...
Blake, an inner city football star earns a full ride to a D1 University. This fish-out-of-water short highlights the accusation of rape and how important it is to tread lightly.
Blake's World will be aired at the mac Birmingham on Wednesday 25th October from 2pm along with some other incredible films, including:
See You Yesterday
To Those With Good Intent
Rolling In The Deep
noma (forgiving apartheid)
Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-no-visa-required
See you yesterday
#WednesdayWisdom - What Would You Do With a Time Machine?
Watch the trailer for short film See You Yesterday which is being shown at the mac Birmingham on
Wednesday 25th October as part of the BIFF festival
Book Your Screening Ticket Here: http://bit.ly/BIFF2017Oct25
Homelands
Join #BIFF17 Opening Night for a night of film awesomeness The Mockingbird Cinema & Kitchen
Taking place on October 23rd 2017
Celebrating the very best in diversity and inclusion with a programme of shorts and features.
Homelands, by Jaha Browne, Tara Manandhar and Ammo Talwar MBE (72mins)
Homelands is an innovative film project which sees four UK based music artists revisiting the country of their parents birth and finding out what impact that land had on them both culturally and creatively. The artists spent time in their ‘home’ countries, discovering elements which continually added pieces to their own personal puzzle. A fascinating story of cultural genealogy studded with rocking and rousing musical interludes.
Followed by:
Directors Q&A incl. Homelands key cast
Watch the trailer below and get your tickets today! https://ticketing.eu.veezi.com/purchase/970?siteToken=etrhh0m2xpra010jp0khfs56mw
A man called dad
Wednesday 25th October is all about 'what is a man'...
Challenging audiences to reconsider stereotypical portrayals of men, this selection of short films showcases Birmingham’s finest filmmakers.
Featuring tales of time-travel in Graycon, affairs of the heart in The Art Of Love in Broken, life or death struggle in Hands Up Don’t Shoot, black fathers in A Man Called Dad, and the whimsical yet gritty Reverie. Followed by a Q&A with the director.
When: Wednesday 25th October
Time: 5.00pm
Where: mac Birmingham
Watch the trailer from A Man Called Dad then head over to book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-what-is-a-man
1745 - A short film
October marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth and what better way to celebrate then attending the Black International Film Festival this month!
Running from 22-26th October across Birmingham - it's a not to be missed event! Tickets are going fast so get yours today!
Watch the trailer from one of the films scheduled to play.
1745 - A Short Film about two young black slaves escape into the wilderness of Scotland...
Find out more about BIFF festival here: https://www.biffestival.co.uk
Proclamation Punctuation
It's October which can mean only one thing - the count down starts to BIFF 2017!
This incredible film festival takes place between the 22-26th October screening some of the most award winning films of 2017.
One film being screened is Proclamation Punctuation a enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her missives. Periods are so period, where as an exclamation point livens up a sentence! There is simply nothing worse than a long dragged out sentence ending in an uninspiring dull dot! So when exclamation points are your philosophy on life, one must always keep it on the up beat!!
Being aired on Tuesday 24th October at mac Birmingham
Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-in-her-shoes
NOMA - Forgiving Apartheid - BIFF 2017
Award-winning actress Noma Dumezweni faces her South African past in this emotional documentary film
NOMA - Forgiving Apartheid showing as part of a special afternoon of BIFF film at mac Wed 25 Oct
http://bit.ly/BIFFnovisa
See You Yesterday
See You Yesterday...Two Brooklyn teenage prodigies, C.J. Walker and Sebastian Thomas - determined to outwit fate and role-play as God - build make-shift time machines to save CJ's brother, Calvin, from being wrongfully killed by a police officer!
The full film will be screened on Wednesday 25th October as part of the 'no visa required' schedule all taking place mac Birmingham
Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-no-visa-required
See You Yesterday
One Drop of Love
One Drop of Love - Produced by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
This film is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender in search of truth, justice and love.
“Vibrant and tremendously brave...“One Drop of Love” is an odyssey of love, of race and ultimately of redemption. . . Cox’s tale will break your heart even as it heals it.” – Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize Winner, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Professor of Writing at MIT.
Just one of the awesome films on offer this year at BIFF!
Get your tickets today! https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-in-her-shoes
One Drop of Love
Nkosi Coiffure
Nkosi Coiffure - short film by Frederike Migom is being screened as part of the BIFF (Black International Film Festival) on 24th October at mac Birmingham
'During a fight with her boyfriend on the street in Brussels’ Congolese neighbourhood, Eva escapes into a hair salon. The African women in the salon initially support her, seeing a woman in distress. But when they find out what the fight is about, opinions differ…'
Watch the trailer for a taster and then head to https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-in-her-shoes
Kate Winslet on what's it like to shoot sex scenes with Idris Elba in
The Mountain Between Us 😮
#NotJealous
http://ow.ly/2HPG30fdpTD
Who was Marie Josèph-Angélique?
C'est Moi retells the story of this important figure in #BlackHistory who fought against slavery
http://bit.ly/BIFFWeAreOne
Blake's World
There's only 3 and half more weeks until #BIFF 2017 (Black International Film Festival)...
Have you got your tickets yet?
Watch the trailer below from one of our short films: Blake's World, based on a true story...
Blake, an inner city football star earns a full ride to a D1 University. This fish-out-of-water short highlights the accusation of rape and how important it is to tread lightly.
Blake's World will be aired at the mac Birmingham on Wednesday 25th October from 2pm along with some other incredible films, including:
See You Yesterday
To Those With Good Intent
Rolling In The Deep
noma (forgiving apartheid)
Book your tickets here: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/biff-no-visa-required
Afro Punk Girl
It's Post-Apocalyptic Britain and a young punk discovers true rebellion...
#BIFF17
On Thursday 26th October at The Mockingbird Cinema & Kitchen watch: Afro Punk Girl. A dystopian Sci-Fi drama set in a post apocalyptic Britain, where Christmases are hot and a militia government enforces the “Happiness Agenda” upon it’s hungry citizens. Lil, a young punk trying to escape to the ‘New World’, meets the radical Mr Dandy and discovers the importance of true rebellion.
Watch the trailer and then head to http://www.mockingbirdcinema.com/event/black-international-film-festival/ book your tickets...
What does the future hold for Planet Earth?
AFRO PUNK GIRL by Roman Candle Productions starring Danielle Vitalis and Larrington Walker as a wonderful Mr Dandy. Playing at The Mockingbird Cinema & Kitchen 26 Oct
http://bit.ly/BIFFWeAreOne
Black, White, Asian, Multiracial - how do you see yourself? #KarlasApnarsGoras
BIFF explores questions of racial identity in One Drop of Love showing on 24 Oct
http://bit.ly/BIFFInHerShoes
Lyrical rap flows with a hard-hitting message
Hands Up, Don't Shoot is part of our evening of film dedicated to men, hosted by Nathan Dennis First Class Legacy
http://bit.ly/BIFFManDem
Six Rounds - BIFF 2017
Fight scenes to take your breath away in this boxer's account of the 2011 London Riots
Catch Six Rounds on BIFF closing night - 26 Oct
http://bit.ly/BIFFWeAreOne
Is there any place better than an Afro Hair Salon for honest relationship advice?
Catch Nkosi Coiffure - short film by Frederike Migom on 24 Oct with BIFF
http://bit.ly/BIFFInHerShoes
